PHOTOS: Sexy Broadway chorus kids strip down for a cause

Every year, the city’s hottest chorus boys and girls take centerstage and strip down to their thongs and pasties in “Broadway Bares,” an extravaganza that benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fight AIDS. The new edition, “Broadway Bares 23: United Strips of America,” invites us on a road trip and features 14 state-theme numbers.

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James Brown III started in the “Wicked” ensemble and is now back after a detour through hits like “Memphis” and “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.”

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In “Broadway Bares 23,” Brown is in the Georgia number.

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Oh no, Brown’s pants are falling off!

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“It’s amazing that Broadway Cares/Equity Fight AIDS can rally such a huge community,” Brown says. “I don’t know of any other industry that could put on a volunteer-based show like this one.”

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Brown is a “Broadway Bares” vet: This will his fifth appearance since 2006’s “New York Strip.”

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Brown calls his most loyal fans his “Brownie troupe.”

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Allyson Carr has been playing one of Sophie’s friends in “Mamma Mia!” for the past 6 1/2 years.

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It’s a business-casual day for Carr.

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Carr will be in the California number, but she’s a born and bred New Yorker who attended LaGuardia High School (yes, the one from “Fame”), then NYU for dance.

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This year marks Carr’s seventh “Broadway Bares.” Her first was the Greek mythology-themed “Myth-Behavior,” back in 2007.

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“We love what we do, we’re not afraid to be naked and we really want to support the community that supports us,” Carr says. “When you have good-looking people who are scantily clad, people want to give them money.”

Peter Nelson is a nice Utah boy you can bring home to your parents — he majored in neuroscience.

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In his regular night job, Nelson wears more elaborate costumes than this one: He’s in the ensemble of “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella.”

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For “Broadway Bares 23,” Nelson will star in the Texas number. He promises “things that are typically Texas like chaps, the Dallas Cowboys football team, cheerleaders and big hair.”

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There are two performances of “Broadway Bares,” at 9pm and midnight, but the latter “is definitely crazier,” Nelson. “Everyone has had a drink by then and the dancers are giving their all. The energy is palpable.”

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“Because you’re basically naked on stage, most dancers go on a strict diet beforehand,” Nelson says. “It becomes tricky because you also need energy to perform.”

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Each dancer does only one number in the show. “It happens so quickly that by the end you’re just, ‘What was that? What just happened?’” says Nelson.

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After “Spamalot” and “The Addams Family,” Stephanie Gibson is now in the ensemble of “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella.” She also understudies the stepsisters, but sadly (for Gibsno) those actresses haven’t missed a performance yet.

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This year Gibson, a native of Houston, Texas, appears in the Utah-themed number. Shenanigans.

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“I don’t want to spoil the number,” Gibson demures. “Let’s just say that I’m playing a bride and I don’t realize I’m going to be a sister-wife.”

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There’s nothing like “Broadway Bares” when it comes to a good time: “It’s like a rock show or something,” Gibson says. “Everyone is standing so the whole community is on top of each other, cheering.”

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About 60% of the dancers are male “but it’s fun to be a woman there,” Gibson says. “The choreographers create fun things to celebrate being a woman. They make you feel so sexy and alive among all these gorgeous men.”

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Strutting around in their bare essentials doesn’t faze these fit dancers. “Doing this can be scary but it’s strangely comfortable,” Gibson says. “You’re with people who get it and understand why we’re there. They appreciate the art of what we’ve created for this cause.”

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See these talented hotties? There’s 236 more of them at “Broadway Bares”! So get yourself a ticket and make your way to Roseland Ballroom June 23.